Water-heater.



J. A. MGSALLEY.

WATER HEATER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 31, 1912.

Patented Aug. 12, 1913.

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'maar JOI-IN A. lVICSALLEY, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

WATER-HEATER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 12,1913.

Applcationled July 31, 1912. Serial No. 712,407.

To all fui/0m t may concern:

Be it known thatI I, JOHN A. lIoSALLnY, a citizen of the United Statesof America, and a resident of the city of St. Louis and State ofMissouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inVVater-Heaters, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming apart of this specification.

My invention relates to a water heater and has for its object theproduction of a very simple device whereby water may be heated veryquickly.

rIhe preferred form of my invention comprises a delivery pipe, means forconducting hot air to said delivery pipe and an atomizer for dischargingnumerous fine streams of water into said delivery pipe. The water sodischarged forces the hot air along' the deliverypipe and said air iscaused to circulate through and between the fine streams of waterthereby heating the water in a very brief period of time.

Figure I is a section of a water heater embodying the features of myinvention. Fig. II is a horizontal section taken on the line II-II, Fig.I. Fig. III is a vertical section showing the atomizer for dischargingwater into the delivery pipe.

In the accompanying drawings: A designates an annular gas burnerprovided with legs l and having a flange 2 upon which a hood 3 isseated. rIhe hood is preferably lined with asbestos l or some othersuitable insulating material. A delivery pipe B is formed in part by atubular member 5 at the upper end of the hood 3 and in part by a pipesection 6 which may if desired be connected to a shower bath fixture 7The fixture 7 is a shell having a perforated bottom S through which thewater is discharged and a removable cap 9 provided with a flue 10 forthe escape of gas. A perforated disk 11 is clamped against a flange 12in the delivery pipe by means of a threaded bushing 13.

141 designates a strainer associated with the perforated disk 11 toprevent particles of solid matter from entering the delivery pipe.

In the practical use of this device, water under pressure is conductedthrough the bushing 13 to the perforated disk 11 which serves as anat-omizer for discharging fine streams of water into the delivery pipe Bas indicated by arrows in Fig. A1. The atomized water passing over theair inlet opening 15 creates a suction in the hood 3 with the resultofdrawing the hot air from the hood 3 and forcing said air through thedelivery pipe. It will be noted that the hot air is thoroughly mixedwith the atomized spray of water and that the water is finallydischarged through the perforated bottom o-f the shower bath fixture 7while the air or gases pass out through the flue 10.

To prevent the incoming cool air from rushing upwardly through thecenter of the annular burner A, the device is preferably provided with adeflect-or for deflecting the air toward the body of the burner. Thisdefiector comprises a bottom member 16 having an inlet Opening 17 andprovided with an annular flange 1S which rests on the burner. A disk 19connected to the bottom member 16 has its peripheral edges spaced fromthe flange 18 to provide an annular opening through which the incomingair must pass. Air entering the inlet opening 17 is deflected toward thebody of the burner by the disk 19 and must pass through or very close tothe flame before passing upwardly in the hood 3. This deflector tends toretard the incoming air but such retardation is amply compensated for bythe forced draft created through the medium of the rapidly movingstreams of water above the upper end of the hood 3.

The hood 3 forms a large combustion chamber in which the fuel iscompletely consumed, hence the fuel is never chilled or dampened by thewater in the delivery pipe, and the deflector members 16 and 19, byforming an auxiliary heating compartment., prevent the fuel from being`chilled by the incoming air.

I claim A water heater comprising a delivery pipe, provided with an airinlet opening, a hood forming a combustion chamber communicating withsaid air inlet opening, an annular burner provided with openings fordischarging fuel into said combustion chamburner and separated therefromto provide means oomprlslng a bottom plate closely tan annular' openlngadjacent to the fuel to sald annular burner, sald alr deleetlngdrsoharge openlngs of sald burner.

means Comprising a bottom plate closely t- JUHN A. MOSALLEY. ted to Saidannularl burner and having an Vtnesses:

air inlet opening near its center, and a cr- BERNIE M. WATSON,

cular top plate surrounded by said annular C. A. JOST.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

